Elizabeth, New Jersey

• Adventures in Elizabeth and Newark New Jersey
  

  A couple of weeks ago, my wife purchased her new vehicle, and arranged to sell her old one to her brother.

• Vampire Diaries: Tampa Dracula Wants to Be Prez
  

  He can already make young girls swoon like Edward Cullen , and Tampa vampire Jonathan "The Impaler" Sharkey is hoping voters will swoon to the ballot box for him in 2012.

• N.J. Gov. Chris Christie's budget is expected to slash school funds by $820M
  

  Gov. Chris Christie is planning to propose a state budget Tuesday that would slash aid to schools by $820 million by making across-the-board cuts of up to 5 percent of each district's budget, according to officials familiar with the plan.

• Two New Union County Sheriff's Officers Sworn In
  

  Union County Sheriff Ralph Froehlich congratulates Bruce McDonald of Elizabeth and Michael Regan of Cranford after swearing in them in as Union County Sheriff's Officers on March 8 in Elizabeth.

• Alice Paul inducted into NJ hall of fame alongside historic nemesis Woodrow Wilson
  

  Suffragist Alice Paul of Mount Laurel, N.J., shown in this undated photo, will be inducted into the NJ Hall of Fame.

• N.J. public entities spent more than $2M to lobby state government in past year
  

  From small-town school boards to large independent authorities, public entities in New Jersey spent at least $2.1 million to lobby state government in 2009, according to reports released today.

• Police Arrest Suspect In November Burglary
  

  LINDEN a ' Police have charged an Elizabeth man with burglary for allegedly breaking into a Brook Street residence on Nov.

• Linden woman charged with murder in death of 2-year-old Xavier
  

  Each team of five firefighters raced down the slalom course carrying a 50 foot hose.

• Report: Iraqi Heavy Metal Band ACRASSICAUDA Finds New Home In NJ And NY
  

  Jay Lustig of The Star-Ledger reports: Not long after the United States-led invasion of Iraq, the Baghdad heavy metal band ACRASSICAUDA received a death threat.

• Guest Violinist Deborah Buck to Perform with NJ Youth Symphony, March 9th
  

  Guest Violinist Deborah Buck to Perform with NJ Youth Symphony, March 9th By New Jersey Youth Symphony 3/7/2010 Violinist Deborah Buck will perform Sibelius' "Violin Concerto" with the New Jersey Youth Symphony [NJYS] on Tuesday, March 9 at 7:30PM. The performance will be held at Dolan Hall at The College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown.

• Fire claimed father, wife, daughter, 6
  

  Michael O. Glynn, 48, was born in Ireland and worked at the docks in the Elizabeth area.

• Kearny jail cell for Elizabeth man indicted in soliciting murder for $20 down payment
  

  PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Kearny jail cell for Elizabeth man indicted in soliciting murder for $20 down payment By MICHAELANGELO CONTE This big spender was nabbed after he allegedly tried to recruit an undercover cop to paralyze or kill a man - and he was willing to plunk down a whole $20 as a down payment.

• Bayonne funeral tomorrow for family of 3 killed in Toms River home fire
  

  PHOTOS >> >> "The Pillowman'' at the Attic Ensemble of Jersey City >> >> >> >> >> Bayonne funeral tomorrow for family of 3 killed in Toms River home fire Thursday, March 04, 2010 A funeral service for members of an Irish-American family with roots in Bayonne will be held in the city tomorrow, nearly a week after they died in a fire at their Toms ...

• Elizabeth man is indicted on charges he attempted to hire 'hit man'
  

  A 21-year-old man has been indicted on charges that he attempted to hire a "hit man" to kill his enemy, authorities said.

• Remembering The Past: Elizabeth Memories
  

  These are memories from William Frolich: "A sad loss to the shopping public was the disappearance of the once familiar - five-and-ten cent' store.

• Two Christie backers seek re-election to Elizabeth school board
  

  State Sen. Raymond Lesniak and Mayor Christian Bollwage run a powerful Democratic political organization in Elizabeth, but control of the local school board has remained out of their reach in recent years.

• Elizabeth is ordered to pay $300K to former owners of motel seized under eminent domain
  

  The city of Elizabeth must turn over more than $300,000 to the former owners of a motel seized under eminent domain - money currently being held in an escrow account to finance cleanup of the property, a Superior Court judge ruled this week.

• Woodbridge Man Charged with ID Theft
  

  A Woodbridge man was arrested last week and charged with Identity Theft, announced Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow.

• The Record: Life and death of a much-needed bank
  

  The First BankAmericano was started in Elizabeth with a mission to serve the traditionally underserved Hispanic population by bringing them into the financial system through savings and checking accounts and loans.

City Description

Elizabeth is a city in Union County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 120,568, making it New Jersey's fourth largest city (by population). The population of Elizabeth was 126,179 as of the Census Bureau's 2006 estimate. It is the county seat of Union County. In 2008, Elizabeth was named one of "America's 50 Greenest Cities" by Popular Science magazine, the only city in New Jersey selected. Elizabeth was founded in 1664 by English settlers and was named for the wife of Sir George Carteret, not Queen Elizabeth I as many people assume. Originally called "Elizabethtown," and part of the Elizabethtown Tract. It was also the first capital of New Jersey. During the American Revolutionary War, Elizabeth was constantly attacked by British forces based in Manhattan and Staten Island. On March 13, 1855, the City of Elizabeth was created by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature, combining and replacing both Elizabeth Borough (which dated back to 1740) and Elizabeth Township (which had been formed in 1693), based on the results of a referendum held on March 27, 1855. On March 19, 1857, the city became part of the newly-created Union

City Contained By:

• Union County
• New Jersey

City Contains:

• Keighry Head
• Bayway
• Westminster
• North Elizabeth
• Frog Hollow
• Peterstown
• Elmora
• Elizabethport
• Boxwood Hall
• Liberty Hall
• Elizabeth Station
• Belcher-Ogden House
• Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 35.4828371116 km squared

Adjoining Cities:

• Elizabeth

Neighborhoods:

• Keighry Head
• Bayway
• Westminster
• North Elizabeth
• Frog Hollow
• Peterstown
• Elmora
• Elizabethport

City Featured in Films:

• The Wrestler

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